Dale Ishimoto
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dale Ishimoto (April 3, 1923 – March 4, 2004) was an American actor of Japanese descent. He was born in Delta, Colorado in 1923 and was raised in Guadalupe, California. After being sent to the Gila River internment camp in Arizona, Ishimoto volunteered to fight in World War II, joining the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. After two years, he was awarded a Purple Heart and given a medical discharge. After starting a business in Chicago, he moved back to California, where he grew up, and started his acting career by acting at the Altadena Playhouse. He became a "familiar figure" for playing "villainous Japanese soldiers". Over the course of his career, he acted in a wide variety of movies, such as a Japanese army captain in Beach Red (1967), a Korean doctor in MASH (1970), a karate instructor in Superchick (1973), and as Vice Admiral Boshiro Hosogaya in Midway (1976). He became famous in the late 1990s for his appearances in television commercials for Nissan in which he portrayed Yutaka Katayama, the company's former president. He also appeared in one episode of Wanted:Dead or Alive"
Movies
(26 total)
M*A*S*H
as Korean Doctor (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Ninja
as Old Japanese Man
Cannonball Run II
as Japanese Businessman (uncredited)
Midway
as Vice Admiral Moshiro Hosogaya
Run Silent, Run Deep
as Japanese sailor (uncredited)
Ninja III: The Domination
as Okuda
Enter the Ninja
as Komori
King Rat
as Yoshima
Come See the Paradise
as Mr. Ogata
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
as Japanese Pilot (uncredited)
Beach Red
as Capt. Tanaka
PT 109
as Commander (uncredited)
The Great Impostor
as Korean Soldier (uncredited)
Sharks' Treasure
as Ishi
The Games
as Japanese Doctor
When the North Wind Blows
as Yermak
Dangerous Company
as Mr. Hikaru
Operation Bottleneck
as Matsu
Cocoon
as Arcturus Construction Guard
TV Shows
(22 total)
The A-Team
as Stockwell's contact
The Twilight Zone
as Sergeant Yamazaki
Mission: Impossible
as Saburi
Kung Fu
as Chinese Sergeant
Perry Mason
as Lao
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Dr. Matsu
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Mr. Yu
The Odd Couple
as Man #1
Baa Baa Black Sheep
as Japanese Mechanic
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Taro Yamamoto
The Bill Cosby Show
as Mr. Shimura
